If you are a nurse who used to be based at the former Middlesex Hospital, please join us on Wednesday 9 May at 14:30 for a glass of wine or soft drink. Saturday 12 May marks International Nurses’ Day, an annual occasion to celebrate nursing on the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. In...
Author: Madeleine Boomgaarden (Madeleine Boomgaarden)
Doris Lessing’s excerpts from The Golden Notebook
Nobel Prize-winner and political campaigner Doris Lessing was a novelist, playwright, poet, short story writer biographer and librettist. From 1958 to 1962, she lived in Fitzrovia, paying £5 a week in rent. Come and listen to some of the words that made her reputation as one of the world’s most admired writers in our free Wireless...
Count the stars in our ceiling to win a prize
If you count the number of stars in our ceiling, how many do you see? To celebrate International Astronomy Day on 21 April, we’re inviting you to count our stars and win a bottle of Chapel Down, the sparkling wine to be served at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle this...
Free lunchtime rehearsal drop-in at Handel Festival
As part of the London Handel Festival, we are delighted to announce the opportunity to come along to a free event at the chapel. On Tuesday 20 March, please pop in to the open rehearsal between 12.30pm to 2pm. It’s free, informal and a chance to listen to wonderful music. If you can’t make that,...
Laurence Olivier reads RL Stevenson
“I don’t believe that there was ever such a literary feat before as the writing of Dr Jekyll. I remember the first reading as though it were yesterday. Louis came downstairs in a fever; read nearly half the book aloud; and then, while we were still gasping, he was away again, and busy writing. I...